The ''Journal of the Southwest'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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published quarterly by the Southwest Center, at the

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, with a focus on the

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and adjacent northwestern

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. The journal publishes scholarly research papers and reviews from across a range of academic fields in the

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, including

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

literary studies Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. T ...

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, socio-political studies and aspects of the region's natural history. As an

area studies Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what ...

journal, the ''Journal of the Southwest'' is intended as an interdisciplinary research resource in the study of the region's peoples and cultures. The journal was initially established in 1959 as a periodical sponsored by the

, under the name ''Arizona and the West''. In 1987 the journal's name was changed to the current ''Journal of the Southwest'', with the volume numbering carried over under the new name and format.

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, Tucson Publications established in 1959 University of Arizona Area studies journals English-language journals Quarterly journals {{area-journal-stub